Necktie-holder.



W. LINKOWSKI.

NECKTIE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.1o.19l.

Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

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@tto/amig WALLIE LINKOWSKI, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

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Specification of Letters Patent. i

Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

Application led August 10, 1918. Serial N o. 249,294.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WALLIE LINKowsK1,a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Necktie-IIolders, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention pertains to neck tie holders, and has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive neck tie holder to which a tie may be expeditiously and easily applied, and one embodying such a construction and arrangement of parts that it is adapted to engage any collar and securely retain a tie in proper position relative thereto.

Other advantageous characteristics of the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when the same are read in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a rear elevation illustrating the preferred form of my invention and a tie applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a perspective of my novel tie holder per se.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged horizontal section taken in the plane indicated by the line Skiof Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken in the plane indicated by the line 4`4 of Fig. l.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

The tie 1 illustrated is of the bow type and its arrangement relative to my novel holder will hereinafter be specifically described.

My novel holder is preferably formed of a single piece of wire of suitable caliber and resiliency. In producing the holder the piece of wire is first bent to form a lower front horizontal loop 2, and above said loop the portions of wire are twisted to form a shank 3. The portions of wire are then carried upwardly in parallel relation as indicated by 4 and are then bent upon themselves to form the upstanding loops 5. The por` tions of wire arethen carried rearwardly as indicated by 6, and the said portions 6 are merged into downwardly extending portions 7 which constitute means for straddling and engaging a collar button and are therefore deiected laterally outward as indicated by 8. From the lower ends of the said portions 7 the portions of wire are carried laterally outward as indicated by 9, and said portions 9 are merged into upright substantially parallel portions 10, which portions 10 in turn, are merging into inwardly directed upper horizontal portions 11. After the formation of these portions 11 the portions of wire are twisted one about the other and are then carried laterally outward and also downward to form collar engaging' arms 12. These arms 12 in the preferred embodiment of the invention turn in depending loops 13 which are disposed at right angles to the plan of the arms and have their mouths at their upper ends so as to enable them to receive and engage the lower edge of the innermost band of a turndown collar or the lower edge of a standing collar, as the case may be.

The neck tie is applied to the holder in the manner shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4 of the drawings, and by comparison' of said gures it will be understood that the collar button engaging portions of the holder are disposed within the outline of what may be properly termed the rear frame of the holder, this being advantageous inasmuch as it contributes to the springiness of the portions for receiving between them and engaging the shank of a collar button, and at the same time affords ample space between the rear frame and the central vertical forward portion of the holder for the accommodation of the head of the collar button.

Tc apply a tie equipped with my novel holder it is simply necessary to position the depending loops 13 on the arms 12 in engagement with the lower edge of the collar, and then spring the button engaging portions into engagement with the button back of the head thereof when the tie will be securely held to the collar and in such Inanner that all portions of the holder will be hidden from view, and the tie will present a neat and finished appearance.

It will be manifest from the foregoing that my novel holder is simple and inexpensive in construction and reliable in operation; also, that a tie may be expeditiously and easily applied to the holder in such manner that there is no liability of the tie being casually released from the holder.

I have specifically described all of the parts comprised in the holder constituting the best practical embodiment of my invention of which I am aware in order to impart a full, clear, and definite understanding of ioo the said embodiment. I do not desire, how-r ever, to be understood as confining myself to the specific construction and arrangement modifications may be made as are com@A prehended by my" appended claimsand do not depart from the principle of my invention.

Having described my invention what I claim and desire to. secure by Letters- Patent. is:

l. As a new article of manufacture, a neck tie holder having a` lower tie receiving loop, an upper frame for the connection of tie parts, button engaging portions disposed in said trame and connected thereto and also connected to; the lower loop, and collar enn gaging meansd extending trom. the upper portion of the upper frame..

2.. As a new article of manufacture a. neck tie hol-der, formed of a single piece oi wire and, comprising a lower toi-ward loop, a twisted, shank extending. upwardly from said loop, portions above. the twisted shank and bent rearwardly upon themselves, portions eXtending rearwardly and downwaafdlyl` from said portions and shaped to straddle and engage the shank of a collar button, portions extending laterally outward -from the button engaging portions, portions extending upwardly from said lateral? portions,Y portions extending inwardly from the upright portions" and connected together, and arms forming the terminals oi said. upper inwardly extending portions and. constructed and arranged to engagea collar;

3.e As a new article of, manufacture, a neck tile holder made up a lower forward loop adapted ilor'the. connection of a tiepart, a rear open framearranged in spaced relation to. said loop and. adapted for the connection of the tie parts,.button receiving and engaging means disposed within thev rear frame and connectedwith the front lower 45 loop, and. col-lar engaging means on said rear open frame. 4'

Intestnnony whereof I ailix my signature.

WALLIE LINKOWSKI.

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